Radiator bracket



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dM/Lad/ BY I / I Y ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 3, 1933 CONRAD A. DIETERICH, OF MOUN '1 VERNON, NEW YORK RADIATOR BRACKET Application filed January 27, 1928. Serial No. 250,011.

My invention relates to improvements in means for sup orting radiators, and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a support forradiators which is simple in construction, efiicient and reliable in operation, and inexpensive to produce.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a support in the form of an arm or bracket which may be rigidly secured to a wall, and still permit of sufiicient movement to allow for expansion and contraction of the radiator.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a supporting bracket consisting of two parts stamped out of sheet metal and which may be readily and conveniently' assembled or separated without requiring tools or skilled labor.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a supporting bracket which may be packed within small compass for transportation or storage, and which by reason of its compact character and light weight will not involve heavy charges for transportation.

Further, said invention'has for its object to provide a supporting'devi'ce comprising an adjustable arm or bracket adapted for rigid securement to a wall or the like, and a V member movably mounted thereon adaptedto yieldingly support a radiator. Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel features of construction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings showing an illustrative embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is an end elevation partly in section, showing a radiator and onejform of support therefor, constructed according to and embodying my said invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail front view showing a portion of a radiator, and one support in front or edgeview;

3 is a front or edge view of a support; Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof, and Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively front and side elevations illustrating a modified construction.

In said drawings, 10 designates a radiator of common or well known form comprising a series of'connected sections 11. The radiator shown is of the type designed to be supported in close proximity to the wall, and freefrom the floor.

12 denotes the supporting device as a whole, of which two or more are employed 30 according to the length of the radiator to be supported, The device is preferably formed of sheet metal and consists essentially of a flat support in the form of an arm or bracket member 13 which may be suitably secured to, or suspended from a wall or other convenient object. In the present instance the said arm or bracket member 13 is shown provided with an angular plate or wall portion 13 having horizontal slots 14 to receive bolts 15 whereby said arm or bracket may be secured to a wall in such manner as to permit of limited horizontal adjustment thereof.

The'upper edge of the bracket member 13 is provided at its forward or free end with a raised longitudinal portion or seat 16 having an upwardly projecting tongue 17 at about its middle.

18 denotes a saddle which is pivotally mounted upon the raised longitudinal portion or seat 16 of the bracket member 13 in such manner that when the same is in its normal position at rest it will be maintained in balance or equilibrium. The saddle 18 is also preferably formed of sheet metal and folded 35 upon itself to form an upwardly extending portion 19, and a horizontal transversely. curved portion 20, which is pivotally supported upon the raisedportion or seat 16 of the bracket member 13, and provided with a slot 21 adapted to receive the tongue 17 ex tending from the seat 16 of the bracket member 13, whereby to maintain said saddle duly positioned upon said bracket, and to prevent movement of said saddle longitudinally with respect to said bracket member. The "folded intermediate portion 20 is also provided with adownwardly projecting or depending portion 22 having a rearwardly extending arm or tang 23. The arm or tang 23 has its end 24 arranged in a vertical plane at right angles thereto and extending downwardly therefrom and provided with a short horizontally extending portion 25 extending through an opening 26 provided in the bracket member 13 adjacent to the wall plate 13 thereof. The end of the horizontally extending portion 25 is provided with an upwardly extending portion 27 which is adapted to contact with one side of the bracket member 13 and serves as a stop to limit in one direction the oscillating movement of the saddle 18; the movement in the opposite direction being arrested by the engagement of the parts 22, 23 and 24 with the opposite side of the bracket member 13.

In order to provide a proper seat for the radiator 10, the saddle 18 is provided at the upper edge of the upwardly projecting part 19 with a notch or recess 28 to receive the contacting hubs 29 of two adjoining radiator sections whereby to support the radiator as a whole.

In order to maintain the saddle 18 normally in duly poised or balance position the upwardly projecting member 19 is inclined slightly to the right, as seen at Fig. 3. while the lower depending member 22, and including the arm 23 and portion 2 1-, are inclined slightly to the left. By so arranging sair parts the upper edge of the member 19, and the central part of the horizontal portion will be in a vertical plane coinciding with the line drawn centrally through the front edge of the bracket member 13, and thus accord the lower end 25 of the arm 23 a limited movement to the right and the left, and the upper end 19, which supports the radiator, a similar movement which will be sufiicient to compensate for the expansion and contraction of the radiator due to temperature changes. The extent of travel in a horizontal plane of the upper end of the member 19, which engages the radiator, may

, be controlled either by varying the length of the portion 19 from its upper edge to its point of support at 20, or by varying the vertical length of the portions 22, 23, and 24, or by varying the length of the horizontal portion 25. The means employed will, of course, depend in a considerable measure upon the width of the space which is provided intermediate two adjoining radiator sections within which the bracket is to be disposed.

By preference the arm 23 of the saddle 18 should extend rearwardly to a point adjacent to the wall member or plate 13* of the bracket, so that the portion 25 shall be located in the free space between the rear of the radiator and the wall from which it is supported. A further advantage accrues to this construction in that by giving as much length as possible to the arm 23 it will yield or twist to a limited extent without causing injury to any of the parts of the device or to the wall to which it is secured.

In the modification illustrated at Figs. 5 and 6 the construction is essentially the same as that shown at Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, except that in the present instance the saddle member 18, instead of having its intermediate portion folded horizontally upon itself, has the lower portion of its member 18 offset and split to form two tongues 19, 19 at each side of the depending portion 22. The tongues 19 19 are curved downwardly and to the left, while the intermediate portion 22 is similarly curved in the opposite direction in order that the under sides of said parts 19*, 22 shall form a transversely curved recess or groove which will pivotally engage the upper forward edge or seat 16 of the bracket arm 13.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A radiator support comprising an arm having an upper substantially horizontal edge portion constituting a fulcrum, a movable saddle member adapted to receive and support a radiator, and means for oscillatingly poising said saddle member on said fulcrum, substantially as specified.

2. A radiator support comprising a relatively fiat plate extending angularly from a fixed support, a movable saddle member adapted to receive and support a radiator and means for poising said saddle member upon the upper edge of said plate, substantially as specified.

3. A radiator support comprising a relatively flat plate adapted to extend angularly from a fixed support, a movable saddle member, and means for poising said saddle member upon the upper edge of said plate so as to oscillate in the arc of a circle at right angles to said plate, substantially as specified.

4. A radiator support comprising a bracket having a portion extending angularly therefrom, a movable saddle member, means for oscillatingly supporting said saddle member transversely upon said angular portion, a horizontal, rearwardly-extending portion on said saddle member adapted to engage said bracket to limit the oscillating movement of Zia-id saddle member, substantially as speci- 5. A radiator support comprising a bracket having a portion extending angularly therefrom, a movable vertical saddle member, means for oscillatingly supporting said saddle member transversely intermediate of its ends upon said bracket, and a horizontal, rearwardly-extending portion engaging said bracket to limit the oscillating movement of Eaiil saddle member, substantially as speci- 6. A radiator support comprising a bracket having an angular portion extending therefrom, a movable saddle member, means for pivotally supporting said saddle member upon the outer end of said angular portion; said saddle member being movable vertically in the arc of a circle transversely to the plane of said angular portion, and an arm extending horizontally, rearwardly from said saddle and movably engaging said angular bracket portion whereby to limit the pivotal movement of said saddle, substantially as specified.

7 A radiator support comprising a bracket having an angular portion extending therefrom, a saddle member supported vertically upon the outer end of said angular portion and movable in a vertical plane at right angles thereto, an arm extending horizontally from said saddle and located in a horizontal plane below the upper edge of said angular bracket portion, and means at the free end of said arm loosely engaging said angular bracket portion whereby to limit the pivotal movement of said saddle, substantially as specified.

8. A radiator support formed as a twopiece structure comprising an angular bracket, a seat at the free end of said bracket, a movable saddle member, means for oscillatingly supporting said saddle member in vertical position intermediate of its ends upon said seat, a member extending rearwardly and downwardly from said saddle member at a point below its point of support, and an end portion on said member in movable engagement with said bracket and serving to limit the oscillatory movement of said saddle member, substantially as specified.

9. A radiator support formed as a twopiece structure comprising an angular bracket, a seat at the free end of said bracket, a stud extending upwardly from said seat, a saddle member supported in vertical position intermediate its ends and having an aperture therein to receive the stud on said seat, a member extending horizontally rearwardly from the lower portion of said saddle, and an end porton disposed at substantially right angles to said member and extending through said bracket at a point adjacent to the rear end of said bracket, and means for limiting the movement of said end portion with respect to said bracket, substantially as specified.

10. A radiator support comprising a bracket arm, means for attaching said arm to an upright surface with said arm at an angle to said surface, said arm having a, substan tially horizontal edge portion constituting a fulcrum, a movable saddle member adapted to receive and support a radiator, and means for poising said saddle member on said fulcrum whereby said member is oscillatable freely in a plane substantially parallel to said surface, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 23rd day of January one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

CONRAD A. DIETERICH. 

